320 LAND-OWNERS. 



The rich men of a tribe often possess four or five 

 such pieces of land in the favoured situations, and 

 are, consequently, enabled to farm one piece every 

 year near their own villages, as well as a larger 

 farm at a distance, and in the vicinity of others 

 of the tribe. In choosing the place for their farms, 

 the locality is generally settled in a council of the 

 tribe, so that one road may lead to all, at the making 

 of which the whole village is called upon to assist. 

 On the death of a Dyak, his land, together with his 

 other property, is divided equally amongst his children, 

 without distinction of age or sex. 



